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made the case the federal government should have made many years back, the federal government was queasy, unwilling to do it. eric deserves credit for the fortitude of trying to say to the public we will hold them accountable individually and institutionally for the wrong that did enormous harm to our society. >> on another show, the case was made that perhaps it was a little unfair to j.p. morgan because they did not necessarily want to buy bear stearns so now here they are in this position after having done the economy a favor and now are being sued and had the company gone under we wouldn't have even had a company, a bank to go after in this lawsuit. what do you think about that? >> newt frivolous argument. if it were frivolous howard wouldn't have made it. there is logic to it. morgan chase can say come on, we got whip sawed. we did get into this acquisition at the behest of the fed. on the other hand, they were given norm mouse taxpayer support for it and now have to face the issue. even though morgan chase was so far the only major entity sued, the others in the process will have t
made the case the federal government should have made many years back, the federal government was queasy, unwilling to do it. eric deserves credit for the fortitude of trying to say to the public we will hold them accountable individually and institutionally for the wrong that did enormous harm to our society. >> on another show, the case was made that perhaps it was a little unfair to j.p. morgan because they did not necessarily want to buy bear stearns so now here they are in this...
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but the fact is, the role of government and governing -- we've lost a pod, in other words. we only have three minutes left in the debate before we go to your closing statements. i want to ask finally here, and remember, we've got three minutes total time here -- the question is this. many of the legislative functions of the federal government right now are in a state of paralysis as a result of partisan gridlock. if elected -- reelected, in your case -- would you do about that? governor? >> jim, i had a great experience -- it didn't it seem like it at the time -- of being elected in a state where my legislature was 87 percent democrat. that meant i figured out from the one i had to get along and i had a work request the aisle -- >> what would you do as president? >> as president, i will sit down on day one -- actually, the day after i get elected -- i will sit down with democratic leaders as well as republican leaders and continue -- as we did in my state -- we met every monday for a couple of hours. we have to work on a collaborative basis, not because we're going to compr
but the fact is, the role of government and governing -- we've lost a pod, in other words. we only have three minutes left in the debate before we go to your closing statements. i want to ask finally here, and remember, we've got three minutes total time here -- the question is this. many of the legislative functions of the federal government right now are in a state of paralysis as a result of partisan gridlock. if elected -- reelected, in your case -- would you do about that? governor?...
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total control of the government? think about that for a second. mitch mcconnell is talking about democrats controlling the senate and the white house and democrats controlling the house. i mean, few people other than nancy pelosi and other house democrats are talking about the democrats conceivably taking control of the house. but mitch mcconnell seems to think that's a possibility. as the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell is most concerned with senate seats and that's what he's backstopping here when pitching to donors. but the pitch he's making to republican donors is amazing. he's pitching that republicans need to work hard and collect your hard-earned money to hold on to seats in the senate because the republicans will lose the house and incidentally saying that mitt romney will lose the race for the white house. it's like it goes without saying for these guys now. this is the guy more in charge of the republican message than anybody else in the country. and his pitch is mitt romney is going to lose. you need us so democrats don
total control of the government? think about that for a second. mitch mcconnell is talking about democrats controlling the senate and the white house and democrats controlling the house. i mean, few people other than nancy pelosi and other house democrats are talking about the democrats conceivably taking control of the house. but mitch mcconnell seems to think that's a possibility. as the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell is most concerned with senate seats and that's what he's...
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if you call it a public option the american people are split if you call it the government option the public is overwhelmingly against it you know what it's a great point and i'm from now on all couldn't call of the government because. fox so called news took the bait and executive bill sammon sent out an e-mail to his team of talking heads saying friendly reminder let's not slip back into calling it the public option please use the term government run health insurance or when brevity is a concern government option whenever possible like sheep the talking heads over at fox so-called use obeyed frank a lot some self is quite a wordsmith back in two thousand and six luntz wrote a memo for republicans identifying certain words they should never say and instead offering replacement words as long as writes in his memo sometimes it is not what you say that matters but what you don't say from today forward you are the language police from today forward these are the words never to say again and here they are this is the republican game plan actually where they are never say government instea
if you call it a public option the american people are split if you call it the government option the public is overwhelmingly against it you know what it's a great point and i'm from now on all couldn't call of the government because. fox so called news took the bait and executive bill sammon sent out an e-mail to his team of talking heads saying friendly reminder let's not slip back into calling it the public option please use the term government run health insurance or when brevity is a...
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so the government sticking its nose in is a huge problem. >> john: the government sticking its nose into all kinds of things. the civil rights act of 1964? if you're a libertarian might sound reasonable. if you apply for a job and the employer and employee agree on a salary, who's the government to get in there? some people in this country have decided discrimination is bad. that was todd akin coming out in favor of discrimination in the workplace not just against women. against anybody. so what's to stop a business from not hiring people of a race or religion or sexual orientation they don't like? under todd akin, nothing right? yeah, what a guy. so i'm going to have you play that about four times during this episode. i think it's more shocking than legitimate rape. 1-866-55-press. i'm john fuglesang filling in for bill all morning on your current radio and tv, this is the "bill press show." we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. >> announcer: heard around the >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> john: this is the
so the government sticking its nose in is a huge problem. >> john: the government sticking its nose into all kinds of things. the civil rights act of 1964? if you're a libertarian might sound reasonable. if you apply for a job and the employer and employee agree on a salary, who's the government to get in there? some people in this country have decided discrimination is bad. that was todd akin coming out in favor of discrimination in the workplace not just against women. against anybody....
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what they care about are government sector workers, heavily unionized, well of pensioned government sector workers who will automatically vote democratic. they want the people ministering to the poor, they don't care about the poor. we've had more and more and more poor black people in particular, the destruction of the black family. i mean, the worst thing that was done to black people since slavery was the great society programs. surprisingly, also from my book. blacks had a higher marriage rate than white people did throughout the 20th century. every decade year they checked, blacks were more likely to be married. great society programs hit, and that all falls apart, and now you have a 70% illegitimacy rate which is incredibly destructive, more so than any policy republicans -- if they were as racist as democrats claim they are -- megyn: that rate is just stunning. we talked about it a couple of weeks ago on reilly. i want to ask you about this, the book is timely because it gets into the history of race relations in the country and as a political matter. and right now as we have a blac
what they care about are government sector workers, heavily unionized, well of pensioned government sector workers who will automatically vote democratic. they want the people ministering to the poor, they don't care about the poor. we've had more and more and more poor black people in particular, the destruction of the black family. i mean, the worst thing that was done to black people since slavery was the great society programs. surprisingly, also from my book. blacks had a higher marriage...
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they bring a level of dignity and strip away the stigma of being on government assistance. >> it's an interesting story that we will be following. >> and profitable clearly. >> we have to clear it there. thank you to jonathan and katrina. that is all for now. "andrea mitchell reports" is next. >> i'm meteorologist bill karins with your business travel forecast. a warm day across many areas of the nation, but we will deal with showers in the eastern u.s. not going to be that heavy. don't think airport delays will be too bad. wet weather the mid-atlantic through the ohio valley. we're looking at very dry and windy weather throughout the northern plains and warm and dry in the west. have a great day. [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less expensive option than a traditional lawyer? at legalzoom you get personalized services for your family and your business that's 100% guaranteed. so go to legalzoom.com today for personalized, affordable legal protection. email marketing from constant contact reaches people in a place they're checking every day -- their inbox
they bring a level of dignity and strip away the stigma of being on government assistance. >> it's an interesting story that we will be following. >> and profitable clearly. >> we have to clear it there. thank you to jonathan and katrina. that is all for now. "andrea mitchell reports" is next. >> i'm meteorologist bill karins with your business travel forecast. a warm day across many areas of the nation, but we will deal with showers in the eastern u.s. not...
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we have with as the vice- president of the government and municipal affairs. you will tel us how fans can get here safely and on time. >> absolutely. we have waited almost eight decades. we will level out today. fans -- give yourself an extra hour to get here today. expect the metro to be full. come early. the gates open at 10:30. we will have lots of facilities and entertainment here. >> we spoke with the president of merchandise. more than 2 million fans. how challenging hasn't been getting the fans around. >> a great regional government makes it all happen. if you're coming on the green line from downtown, try not to change to l'enfant plaza. today gallery place if you can. >> nothing says post season baseball. its that not spectacular? the bunting is up here at 5:30. if you have a group of tickets make sure you bring the mlbs game one ticket. it will supply game 1. even though it is game 3 of this series, make sure you bring the game one ticket or else he will be in trouble at the gates. >> make sure your tickets as home game 1. >> bring your ticket and th
we have with as the vice- president of the government and municipal affairs. you will tel us how fans can get here safely and on time. >> absolutely. we have waited almost eight decades. we will level out today. fans -- give yourself an extra hour to get here today. expect the metro to be full. come early. the gates open at 10:30. we will have lots of facilities and entertainment here. >> we spoke with the president of merchandise. more than 2 million fans. how challenging hasn't...
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we built the peace because labour government and conservative government under said we needed to be one nation. every 10 britain puts its greatest challenge, we've only come to the fore because we were one nation. but too often, governments have to go over that lesson. with 1 million people out of one, we just can't succeed as a country. but the gap between rich and poor growing wider and wider, we just can't succeed as a country. with millions of people feeling the hard work and effort are not reported, we just can't succeed as a country. and with so many people having been told for so long that the only way to get on this to be on your own come in yourself. we just can't succeed as a country. yes, friends. [applause] yes, friends. [applause] come through the form to overcome the challenges that we face. we must rediscover that spirit. that spirit of british people never forgot. that spirit of one nation. one nation, a country where everyone plays their part. a country we rebuild together. [applause] so, here's the big question of today. who can make up one nation? who can bring great
we built the peace because labour government and conservative government under said we needed to be one nation. every 10 britain puts its greatest challenge, we've only come to the fore because we were one nation. but too often, governments have to go over that lesson. with 1 million people out of one, we just can't succeed as a country. but the gap between rich and poor growing wider and wider, we just can't succeed as a country. with millions of people feeling the hard work and effort are not...
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his framing was this isn't about big government and it's not about small government. it's about smart government. and he could have picked up that same frame and pulled it into this debate for his articulation of his vision for both government, which is make it smart. because romney got points on that. he said i would cut the stupid government programs. >> right, right. >> he's like, me, too. i will invest in the smart government programs, the ones as ari mentioned that will put people back to work. >> along with that, what i thought was so missing from their whole exchange was he had many opportunities to bring in some of romney's fews that are quite extreme. whether you talk about immigration or women's health, gay and lesbian rights. he let those go by. he gave romney in a sense another opportunity to reframe himself yet again. it's difficult to keep up with it. he's presenting new ideas and going back to old ones. >> it's true i kept thinking to myself, the biggest danger was that people may have walked away thinking mitt romney's not that scary. i'm thinking only
his framing was this isn't about big government and it's not about small government. it's about smart government. and he could have picked up that same frame and pulled it into this debate for his articulation of his vision for both government, which is make it smart. because romney got points on that. he said i would cut the stupid government programs. >> right, right. >> he's like, me, too. i will invest in the smart government programs, the ones as ari mentioned that will put...
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much of the main square government controlled allepo is reduced to rubble. some buildings collapsed. a military club nearby is believed to have been the target. activists say the bombings happened after guards at the club clashed with gunmen. this type of violence is considered rare. the last attack was in february when a suicide bomber killed 28. angie goff, news 4. >>> thousands of baseball fans will always have fond memories of being at a late season game to a random tuesday night between two of the worst teams in the national league. >> 0-2 pitch. swing and a miss and he strikes out. but you know what, he made it back and the crowd comes to it feet again. >> and that is because they got to see adam greenberg's comeback. he struck out while pinch hitting in the sixth inning. it was the second at bat of his career. his first was here in 2005. he was hit in the head on the first pitch he ever saw in the majors. that injury appeared to end his career as it was just starting. greenberg, though, never gave up his dream and the marlins eventually offered him a
much of the main square government controlled allepo is reduced to rubble. some buildings collapsed. a military club nearby is believed to have been the target. activists say the bombings happened after guards at the club clashed with gunmen. this type of violence is considered rare. the last attack was in february when a suicide bomber killed 28. angie goff, news 4. >>> thousands of baseball fans will always have fond memories of being at a late season game to a random tuesday night...
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who have seen private sector growth in the jobs area, but we also than we've had state and local government lose over 700,000 jobs and unemployment was already high. before the president came in in the african-american community and the great recession has only made that worse, but, as you said, even in the african-american community unemployment is coming down. african-americans are proud. i mean, they're not -- i can't speak for all african-americans many the country, but many of us are very, very proud of the work that president obama has been doing. african-americans are going to strongly support president barack obama. >> all right. thank you so much. mayor michael nutter, i hope you'll come back. we appreciate it. >>> next up, there's a reason why the campaigns have spent $75 million to win ohio. later, why 114,000 new jobs in september is still not enough. dry mouth may start off as an irritant. it'll cause cavities, bad breath. patients will try and deal with it by drinking water. water will work for a few seconds but if you're not drinking it, it's going to get dry again. i recomme
who have seen private sector growth in the jobs area, but we also than we've had state and local government lose over 700,000 jobs and unemployment was already high. before the president came in in the african-american community and the great recession has only made that worse, but, as you said, even in the african-american community unemployment is coming down. african-americans are proud. i mean, they're not -- i can't speak for all african-americans many the country, but many of us are very,...
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the government says teenaged drinking and driving is down a full 54% since 1991. the asterisk here is, because of gas prices on track for a record this year, people are driving less overall. sadly, the bad news is, texting at the wheel, still a big problem and electronics in general remain a huge distraction. >>> consumer reports is out with a big one. the best products of the year issue. it's full of interesting information for folks who are in the market for just about everything from ginsu knives to washers and dryers where lg comes out on top, from cameras, to mowers to paint, vacuums, big screen tv's. it's all there. you can link to it all on our website starting tonight nbcnightlynews.com. >>> up next, texans are proud of a lot of things. tonight one big thing may be vanishing. >>> it's been going on for decades. americans have been moving from the north to the south. it turns out all those relative newcomers to a place like texas means a lot of the folks living in texas don't sound much like texans. our report tonight from chicago-born, houston-area residen
the government says teenaged drinking and driving is down a full 54% since 1991. the asterisk here is, because of gas prices on track for a record this year, people are driving less overall. sadly, the bad news is, texting at the wheel, still a big problem and electronics in general remain a huge distraction. >>> consumer reports is out with a big one. the best products of the year issue. it's full of interesting information for folks who are in the market for just about everything...
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i'm not for big government. i was excited with the national health-care plan until i started talking to some friends and relatives of mine that work in the health-care industry that were expressing concern. i have an aunt that works in the health-care industry and working with the disabled. she says it will be a disaster. she knows people personally and companies that will lose the medicare to the national health care system. they will not be able to accept medicare. that ownsme on goauncles some businesses. i don't consider them wealthy. they will be hit hard through this, if obama gets his tax increases through. host: are you leaning towards mitt romney at this point? caller: it would be hard to persuade me. that rahm it appears to be a leader. mitt romney has worked across the lines -- mitt romney appears to be a leader. i believe he will look down and will cut you off and that is what he has done with the congress. i did not believe that we can handle another four years like we had with this government. host
i'm not for big government. i was excited with the national health-care plan until i started talking to some friends and relatives of mine that work in the health-care industry that were expressing concern. i have an aunt that works in the health-care industry and working with the disabled. she says it will be a disaster. she knows people personally and companies that will lose the medicare to the national health care system. they will not be able to accept medicare. that ownsme on goauncles...
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it is time to stop rewarding our friends and punishing our enemies and having the government treat every american the same, which is a foundational principal of the rule of law. and i think mitt romney has to do more of that. has he been specific with his plan? he laid five out in the debate, which is more than the president did. that's why independents thought mitt romney did very, very well. >> let me ask you about one of the issues where they differ, medicare. that is a big deal in florida romney says he supports vouchers for medicare, a plan that is not very popular. how does play in florida with all those seniors? >> right now in florida, you've got about 12 million registered voters. 36% who are republicans, you have 40% who are democrats. and then the 24% or the remainder is going to be the most important percentage in america and i think it's 24% who are not registered republican or democrat. these are going to be the most important voters in the united states. but, let's look at medicare. you have mitt romney who says, i want to give you vouchers, which i personally don't agree
it is time to stop rewarding our friends and punishing our enemies and having the government treat every american the same, which is a foundational principal of the rule of law. and i think mitt romney has to do more of that. has he been specific with his plan? he laid five out in the debate, which is more than the president did. that's why independents thought mitt romney did very, very well. >> let me ask you about one of the issues where they differ, medicare. that is a big deal in...
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i think-- >> you don't want to see governments, state governments go heads to head with the unions. you want more after concensus approach to solve these problems and i'm going to tell you, sir, you cannot get a concensual approach between these two sides. it's got to be head on. >> well, head on is a term of art. there has to be negotiations. government has to disagree with unions, it should be -- they negotiate a lot. they have in the past, with respect to the kinds of benefits that are offered. on the other hand, i find equally objectionable any statutory effort to limit collective bargaining. i don't think in this day and age you can deprive 19 million people who work in the state and local governments, the right to bargain collectively for their wages in terms-- >> but they're not being denied, all collective bargaining rights. they can still be unionized. >> well, the efforts-- tried that in wisconsin and ohio. stuart: well, listen, all that's happened it is their rights to collective bargaining have been limited, not eliminated. that's the way it is. we have to do this becaus
i think-- >> you don't want to see governments, state governments go heads to head with the unions. you want more after concensus approach to solve these problems and i'm going to tell you, sir, you cannot get a concensual approach between these two sides. it's got to be head on. >> well, head on is a term of art. there has to be negotiations. government has to disagree with unions, it should be -- they negotiate a lot. they have in the past, with respect to the kinds of benefits...
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what we're talki about is what they call officially time, this is time spent by government workers, government union workers working on union issues and not actually doing their worjob. >> 70% of the time they spend on general labor management issues it is not handling grievances or negotiatin a contract. a lot of it has to do with politics, nobody is watching these guys. three-quarter of the time they spend on general labor issues. we found homeland security 62 people do nothing but work on union business full-time. lot of others who work 75%. we don't even know what they'ree doing on the union issues because only 23% in grievances and negotiations. ashley: what impact are they having on the economy? >> do you have an hour? two hours? that is what it is all about. this is where a lot of the money is going, a cycle that is it big scam on the taxpayer. from the union to the elected officials, backed the unions, back to the elected officials, and it is amazing how the money goes. $14 billion, that is the economy of a lot of countries, that is what the union is take in a year. ashley: this is int
what we're talki about is what they call officially time, this is time spent by government workers, government union workers working on union issues and not actually doing their worjob. >> 70% of the time they spend on general labor management issues it is not handling grievances or negotiatin a contract. a lot of it has to do with politics, nobody is watching these guys. three-quarter of the time they spend on general labor issues. we found homeland security 62 people do nothing but work...
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and hence, we miss the translation between campaigning and governance. because these candidates tend to act on what they tell you they're going to act on, or at least they tend to try. >> what are you going to be looking for in these debates? >> what i'm going to be looking for are clarifications of major, on major issues. and so i'm going to ask, "does the public after watching the debates understand the differences in philosophy of government? do they understand that governor romney wants government spending at a lower level of g.d.p. than does president obama?" >> gross domestic product. >> gross domestic product. governor romney wants to bring government spending per g.d.p. to g.d.p. down to 20%. and he has a theory that says that if you do that and you do the other things that he's going to do with the tax code that he is going to get economic growth. and so the second thing i'm listening for is, "what is their solution to the situation we're in right now with the economy? how are they going to solve the deficit problem and also increase job creatio
and hence, we miss the translation between campaigning and governance. because these candidates tend to act on what they tell you they're going to act on, or at least they tend to try. >> what are you going to be looking for in these debates? >> what i'm going to be looking for are clarifications of major, on major issues. and so i'm going to ask, "does the public after watching the debates understand the differences in philosophy of government? do they understand that governor...
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it is jobs, the federal debt and cutting government spending. people feel there's a good amount of waste and they think of having a smaller government to avoid that kind of waste. there are concerns of a future terror attack, health care, when we look specifically at how people manage if the recession, and three in 10 looking for work. since the time of the recession. those who don't think -- people have gaps on health insurance and the housing debacle, and mortgages are underwater. that is a sense of an overview of research we have done. and polarization doesn't -- in another sense doesn't need to describe our body politics. thank you very much and if you have other questions we would be delighted to answer them. [applause] >> i don't know if this is done or not. you brought a lot of problems issues. there are a lot of issues being tracked and you have everything from conservative to liberal and republicans and race divisions and religious affiliation north and south and all these things. based on the values based issues principally have you do
it is jobs, the federal debt and cutting government spending. people feel there's a good amount of waste and they think of having a smaller government to avoid that kind of waste. there are concerns of a future terror attack, health care, when we look specifically at how people manage if the recession, and three in 10 looking for work. since the time of the recession. those who don't think -- people have gaps on health insurance and the housing debacle, and mortgages are underwater. that is a...
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the focus will be on the role of government, the economy and health care. mitt romney has a history of shall we sa waffling a little bit on these important issues we even have a collection of mitt's flip flops here inside the war room but this suggests where his position is actually going to be on wednesday night. first off, the role of government as a subject, and that really gets fundamentally to the issue of taxes, at least for mitt romney. the romney memo says that mitt romney will not raise taxes on anyone and that he will deliver tax cuts for the middle class. sounds pretty good, but the brookings tax policy center took a look at this issue, and here is what they found. under mitt romney 95% of americans making under $200,000 would have a tax increase averaging $2,000 while the wealthiest americans would see tax cuts of up to $86,000 per year. and his claim that he can give the wealthy those tax breaks and still close the deficit, that claim is mathematically impossible according to the tax policy center. romney's fuzzy math has put his surrogates in
the focus will be on the role of government, the economy and health care. mitt romney has a history of shall we sa waffling a little bit on these important issues we even have a collection of mitt's flip flops here inside the war room but this suggests where his position is actually going to be on wednesday night. first off, the role of government as a subject, and that really gets fundamentally to the issue of taxes, at least for mitt romney. the romney memo says that mitt romney will not...
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lots of government workers don't want unions. we saw what happened to wisconsin the minute they were able to vote on having a union or not, 50% of them went the union hall. the good ones don't want unions because the unions will not allow them to negotiate with their employer directly, won't allow them to eve even talk to r employer. this private organization called the union fix themselves in the middle taking huge amounts of money. ashley: thank you so much for being here. get better soon. work on the voice, apparently sounds like a frog. the president may have hollywood but mitt romney has the national football league. john elway the latest in a long line of nfl legends backing the g.o.p. candidate. not all liberals are falling in line. ben affleck having second thoughts about obama. really? with the spark cash card from capital one, sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thinwork? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's sll business earns 2% casback on every purche, every day! woo-
lots of government workers don't want unions. we saw what happened to wisconsin the minute they were able to vote on having a union or not, 50% of them went the union hall. the good ones don't want unions because the unions will not allow them to negotiate with their employer directly, won't allow them to eve even talk to r employer. this private organization called the union fix themselves in the middle taking huge amounts of money. ashley: thank you so much for being here. get better soon....
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. >> most agree that the problems are larger than any one government agency. they believe accountability starts with the ones affected the most. >> unless we have the parent and child participation, especially those impacted by the system, we do not see real change. we can have a public conversation, which is nice, but it is not moving toward change because we do not have that use the engagement. >> i think more can be done in communities to show the positive, the positive aspects so we can start doing positive things to up with each other. >> this is the second year of the conference put on by the office of crime control and prevention. >> a lot of work to do. >> in the. thank you. >> president barack obama in gop -- and gop challenger mitt romney will face off in two hours. it is likely the biggest night of the campaign so far. the president gets the first question in a loosely- structured format. weeks of prep are coming down to this with a lot on the line for both candidates. we are live in denver to talk about some of the key talking points tonight. what
. >> most agree that the problems are larger than any one government agency. they believe accountability starts with the ones affected the most. >> unless we have the parent and child participation, especially those impacted by the system, we do not see real change. we can have a public conversation, which is nice, but it is not moving toward change because we do not have that use the engagement. >> i think more can be done in communities to show the positive, the positive...
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and they want smaller government and they want -- a government that is really going to help -- not help them necessarily but really be there to guide them along. so they will have -- hand out as they were telling me. these women are anomalies. 80% of african-american women voted for president obama in 2008. i don't think that's going to change very much. 1%, less than 1%, of african-americans, favor romney. so these women are anomalies but with everybody they have the right to have their own opinion. and who they are going to vote for. >> so people have an informed opinion as well. >> absolutely good get people involved in the process. we are seeing a big push in ohio for mitt romney as well as president obama. we know that no republican has ever taken the white house without taking ohio. "the new york times" article that they have out also talks about african-american voting battleground states like north carolina. which president obama won by just 14,000 votes in '08. certainly could be a key in this re-election. article also notes the presidential election got 100% of african-america
and they want smaller government and they want -- a government that is really going to help -- not help them necessarily but really be there to guide them along. so they will have -- hand out as they were telling me. these women are anomalies. 80% of african-american women voted for president obama in 2008. i don't think that's going to change very much. 1%, less than 1%, of african-americans, favor romney. so these women are anomalies but with everybody they have the right to have their own...
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for the president this may be too granular but it goes to his capacity to govern. i would say will you make the filibuster reform in the senate something you really push on? because if he can get the senate -- and i think we'll have democratic majority in the senate, and we have the white house, then you put john boehner in a corner then i think he can govern so much more effectively, and yet nobody is talk about it. >> jennifer: my questions would be along those lines. mitt romney signed grover norquist's pledge in 2006. and i would want to know are you still bound by that pledge? and are you going to pledge out here that you will never raise taxes? and on the president on the flip side. if he has the same configuration in congress, how is he going to get the pledge signers to agree to compromise on anything. >> cenk: i think i would love to ask them two questions. one is about civil liberties. do you think that the president of the united states of america has the right to execute u.s. citizens abroad without a trial in without due process. i would love to see th
for the president this may be too granular but it goes to his capacity to govern. i would say will you make the filibuster reform in the senate something you really push on? because if he can get the senate -- and i think we'll have democratic majority in the senate, and we have the white house, then you put john boehner in a corner then i think he can govern so much more effectively, and yet nobody is talk about it. >> jennifer: my questions would be along those lines. mitt romney signed...
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we got outwith digni, wegave the government there a chance. whether they take the chae or not, i d't know. afghantan doest even look like we' going to get of there with a stable government 'causei is a crook, i thinhe's a crook. and the tan just waiti in thountains of pakistan a weeave. ok. let's go to in. the psident says he's mak inroads with alt sanctions, at they're suffering there and tat they're going to cave and if ssary.on't, he'll do whas what we mu is what he sd, to prevent th fm hing nuclear fail? >> ngovernment inerodn history stopped anher governmentrom building a nuke. the problem have in irans do y police tos policy. we have companies in the united states, companiesll over the world doing economic busins, making money i ira u want t hurt iran? you g to play hard ball economically. the military tion has got to be off the table. >> bl: so you thinkhat when yosau the marility option has to be offly not going to be off the tabole t the israelisand you can't tell them to do it 'cause they're g gointo do what they want. >> tcat do it
we got outwith digni, wegave the government there a chance. whether they take the chae or not, i d't know. afghantan doest even look like we' going to get of there with a stable government 'causei is a crook, i thinhe's a crook. and the tan just waiti in thountains of pakistan a weeave. ok. let's go to in. the psident says he's mak inroads with alt sanctions, at they're suffering there and tat they're going to cave and if ssary.on't, he'll do whas what we mu is what he sd, to prevent th fm hing...
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the government may be doing fine. in many disputes involving muslims the government is doing well in terms of defending the rights. it's the attitudes of local communities that make life difficult for people in our work places, in their schools, in their homes and i think that's what we have to worry about. one of things when you talk about vitality of religion in the united states. i'm going to be super boring and agree with my colleagues. we will build on something especially the charles said. at a different point in history there have been different religious faiths that have been especially disfavored at that period of time. and i agree that my sons and seeks or often mystique they are targeted especially widely. they keep a snapshot in time. this is building on what charles was saying about how the culture is so very important as it relates to these religious freedoms. it is to say everybody is a minority someone. if you are mormon, you're not a minority in utah. but the rest of the country you are a minority. th
the government may be doing fine. in many disputes involving muslims the government is doing well in terms of defending the rights. it's the attitudes of local communities that make life difficult for people in our work places, in their schools, in their homes and i think that's what we have to worry about. one of things when you talk about vitality of religion in the united states. i'm going to be super boring and agree with my colleagues. we will build on something especially the charles...
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why should you need -- there is a government issued i.d. mind you. that means that the drivers license. we don't have a formal government issued ids, except drivers license is also the only one i have. the reason is that disenfranchises millions of people. that is why should an elderly person who's given up his drivers license therefore be disenfranchised? [inaudible] >> requirement to vote isn't that you have to travel or go on a plane. it is merely pictures citizen and why add on additional structures? the only reason is to disenfranchise people. [inaudible] >> -- russia or afghanistan. [laughter] and the corruption and the eliminating of the right to vote and somebody stands voted at the same precinct for 50 years and they go down there and they don't have an i.d. they know each other intimately, but the law says they need an ide. it's absurd. i find the fraud on karl rove and his buddy site arendt as in there's been so little voter fraud reported in all of the research. >> well, thank you. i'm not sure what to say about that. [inaudible] >> what
why should you need -- there is a government issued i.d. mind you. that means that the drivers license. we don't have a formal government issued ids, except drivers license is also the only one i have. the reason is that disenfranchises millions of people. that is why should an elderly person who's given up his drivers license therefore be disenfranchised? [inaudible] >> requirement to vote isn't that you have to travel or go on a plane. it is merely pictures citizen and why add on...
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and governing. president obama looking to solidify his lead in the swing states that could decide the election. the president has been taking aim at governor romney's secretly recorded comments about the 47 percent of americans who do not pay income taxes. those comments will likely comment up tonight. for governor romney, the debate presents a chance to gain momentum by hitting the president where some consider him vulnerable, on jobs and the sluggish economy. the romney campaign has new ammunition from vice president biden and comments yesterday about the middle class. >> how can they justify raising taxes on the middle class which has been buried the last four years. >> an obama advisor defended the vice president saying it is the republican policies that hurt the middle class in the first place. the romney campaign targeting the comment in a brand new ad already. we will show you that in a minute. a new nbc and the "wall street journal," parent company of this network. shows the president ahead
and governing. president obama looking to solidify his lead in the swing states that could decide the election. the president has been taking aim at governor romney's secretly recorded comments about the 47 percent of americans who do not pay income taxes. those comments will likely comment up tonight. for governor romney, the debate presents a chance to gain momentum by hitting the president where some consider him vulnerable, on jobs and the sluggish economy. the romney campaign has new...
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this is a government-wide program. we had the same thing going on at nasa with the administrator a couple years ago when he was going it to outreach with muslims and we had it with the fbi director last year when he met with muslim groups. it's one thing to create diversity transformation, but it's another thing to use taxpayer money for these things when it's not what the agencies are about. it's clearly inappropriate. >> this is the agriculture department. what does this have to do chanting our forefathers were immigrants? fine. what does chanting that have to do with the mission of the u.s. department of agriculturagricul. i don't understand na. >> absolutely nothing. what happened is over the years there was some discrimination aat the usda. then they brought in a program called pickford, and billions were paid out on fraudulent loan applications in the usda. the usda put into effect during the obama administration to try to reach out to minority groups. that's a worthy goal, but you don't do it with taxpayer money
this is a government-wide program. we had the same thing going on at nasa with the administrator a couple years ago when he was going it to outreach with muslims and we had it with the fbi director last year when he met with muslim groups. it's one thing to create diversity transformation, but it's another thing to use taxpayer money for these things when it's not what the agencies are about. it's clearly inappropriate. >> this is the agriculture department. what does this have to do...
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. >> we're seeing right now is, in my view, a trickle down government approach which has government thinking it can do a better job than free people pursuing their dreams and that's not working the. proof of that is 23 million people out of work and the proof one out of six people in poverty, the proof 32 million on food stamps to 47 million on food stamps the proof of that 50% of college graduates this year can't find work. >> paul: there's little doubt romney's commander performance helped the g.o.p. ticket. the question is, how much? let's ask wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan henninger, mary anna stacia o'grady and kim strassel. dan, how important was this debate for mitt romney's candidacy. >> it was not only very important for mitt romney's candidacy, paul, it was very important for us. i think he both rescued his candidacy and rescued the election. and quite honestly, the election to this point was kind of boring. it was boring because both candidates in different ways were making it boring. the president, and there have been reports, was kind of coasting through, th
. >> we're seeing right now is, in my view, a trickle down government approach which has government thinking it can do a better job than free people pursuing their dreams and that's not working the. proof of that is 23 million people out of work and the proof one out of six people in poverty, the proof 32 million on food stamps to 47 million on food stamps the proof of that 50% of college graduates this year can't find work. >> paul: there's little doubt romney's commander...
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americans, we get the government we deserve. it's been six days since mitt romney stood on that stage with president obama and lied for 90 minutes. and currently, polling shows more americans believe him. here's the famous sound byte for you again. >> there's an old saying in tennessee that says fool me once, shame on you. we can't get fooled again. >> that sound byte has a different meaning to me now. i hope it does to you as well. this is mitt romney's america. the rich get richer at the expense of the middle class and the poor in this country. older americans are on their own when it comes to health care. poor americans are at the mercy of the right-wing governors who want to go after the health care funds.
americans, we get the government we deserve. it's been six days since mitt romney stood on that stage with president obama and lied for 90 minutes. and currently, polling shows more americans believe him. here's the famous sound byte for you again. >> there's an old saying in tennessee that says fool me once, shame on you. we can't get fooled again. >> that sound byte has a different meaning to me now. i hope it does to you as well. this is mitt romney's america. the rich get richer...
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and the government should give it to them. and they will vote for this president no matter what. >> last night, two and a half weeks after that tape surfaced, government romney went on fox news where he was asked how he would have answered if the tape had come up in wednesday's debate. here's part of his answer. >> clearly in a campaign with hundreds, if not thousands of speeches and question and answer sessions, now and then you're going to say something that doesn't come out right. in this case i said something that's just completely wrong. >> he said "completely wrong." that's completely weird namely because the night the tape aired, mr. romney rushed to a microphone to defend his 47% remarks. he kept defending them and hounded supporters for days after that. >> it's not elegantly stated, let me put it that way. i'm speaking off the cuff in response to a question, and i'm sure i could state it more clearly in a more effective way. >> the point of all this is the size of government is too big, and if we don't do something ab
and the government should give it to them. and they will vote for this president no matter what. >> last night, two and a half weeks after that tape surfaced, government romney went on fox news where he was asked how he would have answered if the tape had come up in wednesday's debate. here's part of his answer. >> clearly in a campaign with hundreds, if not thousands of speeches and question and answer sessions, now and then you're going to say something that doesn't come out...